Final Projects Abound

This week’s final project mixer was a great success! I’m thrilled that as much as a mixing session it was one of sharing. No matter if an idea was fully formed or had just emerged, everyone shared thoughts, ideas, and project pitches. Overlaps in people’s curiosities and interests seemed to come out of the woodwork. Even though our backgrounds are so varied, we share many common interests: location-based services, open source and interoperability in health systems, strategies for disaster situation reporting and much more. Nate’s launch of the project wiki gives us a nice place to continue our discussions. I’m excited to see what groups and projects will form!

GAME NIGHT!

One of my favorite events is Game Night! In I202 (a course about Information Retrieval/Organization required of all Master's students) we chatted in-depth about Wittgenstein's discussions on defining the word "game." Pretty much, we bring any definition of game to the table (literally). So long as it doesn't involve shooting animals in South Hall. Wii, Set, Ticket to Ride, Speed Scrabble, Poker, Guitar Hero, Unreal Tournament, Chess, frisbee... but I personally LOVE Zendo.

Even after I graduate, I'm going to commute to come to these things!